At a festival for the super-rich, the argument for higher taxes couldn’t have been clearer

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Britain’s jet set insist they will flee if they lose their benefits – but Labour should not be daunted, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

‘In hangar after hangar, the wares on sale were designed and priced for the super-rich.’ The Elite London event near High Wycombe last weekend.‘In hangar after hangar, the wares on sale were designed and priced for the super-rich.’ The Elite London event near High Wycombe last weekend.

A man who had been discussing a plane with a salesman might have been seriously rich or just a plane-spotter in a panama hat, but I asked him if this flamboyant parade of wealth might be at all embarrassing in a cost of living crisis, when so many hardworking people struggle to put food on the table for their children.

 

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